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Kwashiorkor in the United States.

1980; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 66; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

H. Peter Chase, Vijay Kumar, Richard T. Caldwell, D. P. O’Brien,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Kwashiorkor, with typical edema and skin rash is occasionally seen in affluent countries as a result of severe protein restriction. Treatment is with a lactose-free formula after rehydration and sometimes after a period of parenteral alimentation. Complications of therapy included: diarrhea, congestive heart failure, infections, a bleeding tendency, and seizures. Two of the 14 children in this series died.